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I. W. BENEDICT.

STALLION SHIELD.

No. 448,757. r Patented Mar. 24, 1891.

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IRVING TVASHINGTON BENEDICT, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NE\V YORK.

S'l'ALLIQN-SHIELD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,757, dated March24, 1891.

Serial No. 355,761. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, IRVING Wnsumeron BENEDICT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Gloversville, in the county of Fulton and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Stallion-Shield, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to mastu rbationguards for stallions.

The objects of the invention are to provide an easily applied andremoved device adapted to prevent the stallion from exciting his penisby thumping the same against his belly, to construct said device in sucha manner as not to interfere with the animal urinating, and which willfold snugly against the belly of the animal when he lies thereupon andafterwards automatically fall to a guarding position when he resumes hisfeet.

XVith the above main and other minor objects in view the inventionconsists in certain features of construction hereinafter specified, andparticularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a general view of the hindquarters of a horse, a masturbating-guard constructed in accordance withmy invention being applied thereto and in position. Fig. 2 is a detailin perspective of the guard, the view being enlarged. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section illustrating the different positions the guard mayassume.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of thedrawings.

1 designates a flexible shield, preferably.

formed of such material as rubber orleather, and in the present instanceof the latterinentioned material. The rear edge of the shield isprovided with a central recess 2,1eaving at opposite sides of saidrecess rearwardlyprojecting terminals 3. In advance of the terminals theshield is crossed by'a surcingle or belly-band 4, adapted to be passedaround the body of the stallion and buckled securely in position.

5 designates a pair of opposite parallel metal stiffening rods orplates, which are riveted to the shield near its opposite edges and runfrom the terminals to the front edge of the shield. These rods or platesextend It will be Observed that while the rods or plates serve tostrengthen and stiffen the shield longitudinally, they do not interferewith the shield bending or yielding laterally so as to conform to theshape and general contour of the animals belly.

7 designates the masturbating-guard, preferably rectangular and formedof rubber, leather, or any other suitable material, and in this instanceof leather. The rear surface of the guard-plate has riveted thereto, asat S, a semicircular or other shaped metal stiffening frame 9, the twoopposite terminals of which extend above the upper edge of the saidplate and are bent to form eyes 10, which eyes are at a right angle tothe eyes of the metal rods or plates and interlock with the same to forma loose hinge connection. reason of the loose hinge connection the guardautomatically assumes a vertical position, and its forward swing is inthis instance limited by a short flexible chain ll, one end of which isconnected to the semicircular metal stiffening-fimne and the oppositeend of which is connected to the under surface of the shield. Othermeans may be readily devised for limiting the forward movement of theguard, and other forms of hinge connection employed-in lieu of theconnection herein illustrated.

For the purpose of properly ventilating the surface adjacent to theattachment, I preferably perforate the shield and guard-plate.

In applying the attachment, the shield is placed under the belly of thestallion in such position that the sheath of the stallion will takewithin the recess 2, and the two terminals of the shield will lie at thesides of said sheath, whereby the shield is prevented from any lateralmovement. When in this posi tion, it simply remains to connect the endsof the surcingle over the back of the stallion. When the animal isstanding, the guard falls by gravity to a vertical position, and when sodisposed it is impossible for the stallion to excite his penis byrubbing or thumping the same against his belly. At the same time thedevice does not in any way interfere with the animal urinating, and noobstruction is offered against which the penis is liable to come whenbeing extended from the sheath for this purpose. lVhen the animal liesdown so that his belly is in contact with the ground, the guard foldsupward and to the rearand folds up flatlyin position and out of the Way,thus not discomfiting the animal or becoming broken by his Weightthereupon.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. In an applianceto prevent masturbation in stallions, a shield and means for attaching;the same under the belly of the animal, said shield beingprovided with adepending guard adapted to fold up under the shield, substantially asspecified.

2. In an appliauceto prevent masturbation l in stallions thebelly-shield and means of attaching the same to the animal, the shieldbe ing provided at its front ec g'e with a pair of eyes, and theguard-plate provided at its upper edge With similar eyes forinterlocking with those of the shield, substantially as specified. Intestimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed mysignature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

IRVING WASHINGTOX BENEDICT.

J OHN W. MICKEL,

; itnessesz l IEORGE W. RooKEFELLun.

